R.I.P. Lucien Francoeur. He wasn't my favorite. When he started he was like the uglyest and worst quebec singer around '74. He was screaming, not really singing. We might say he invented rap in prog rock group. Those who claim he was the Jim Morisson or the Doors of Qc are totally wrong. In no way his group approach the genious and the musical performance of the Doors and Jim Morisson was an excellent bariton singer.
I don't know exactl;y what was his life. I think he was a real freak (of Montreal), like his most famous song. He dis a lot of drugs thru his life. He got marryed some time, had a child (daughter), he became a cegep teacher in french. He did a musical come back early '90's with his hit "le rap à Billy", that was a funky song but le word rap is the main theme. He was a ckoi host at that time, rumours said he did a lot of coke, had a crazy night life and many times never show up for his ckoi show.
I feel strange he will be remembered as some kind of public hero or one of the greeatest Qc poet. I think it was his guitarist who composed all his songs at the time and this guy died poor after Francoeur dismantled the band. That band had the most horrible use of synthetisers, their guitars sounded like trash and the poetry was very harsh and vulgar. So that is national cultural treasury today. Well, well, well ! Maybe there's room for all sorts of artistic productions, like serie b movies,
Thought they were done and have no idea how they can call it April Wine considering April Wine was Myles, feels disrespectful to me but whatever. Myles was the singer and had a rather unique voice and have to wonder how they sound. One of their best. 
